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Iowa Aerial Photo Indices Online

When the Iowa Department of Transportation begins plans for a new roadway or expansion of a current one, they often review aerial photos to gain a historical perspective of the affected areas. Of course sorting through thousands of photos to find the one that depicts the right area is a very time-consuming task. So photomosaicContinue reading “Iowa Aerial Photo Indices Online”

Historical Images of the Iowa River

In the local newspapers and on the evening news, we’re seeing images of the Iowa River breaching its banks. As we know, this is not the first time. The Iowa Digital Library has images and descriptions of previous floods in the Irving Weber’s Iowa City Digital Collection, from the Iowa City Town and Campus ScenesContinue reading “Historical Images of the Iowa River”

Iowa Digital Library Hits 100,000 Items

During the mid-13th century, scribe William de Brailes and his students painstakingly wrote out and hand-decorated a number of Bibles, Psalters, and other religious works. Today, more than seven centuries later, an original page from de Brailes’ workshop resides in a vault in the Special Collections Department of The University of Iowa Libraries — oneContinue reading “Iowa Digital Library Hits 100,000 Items”

UI Libraries Unveils Online Collection Highlighting Iowa Women

As women’s history month comes to a close, the Iowa Women’s Archives goes online. To mark the occasion and unveil the digital collection, the University of Iowa Libraries will celebrate with a reception on Wednesday, March 26th from 12 – 1 p.m. in the North Exhibition Hall of the Main Library. Through the new digitalContinue reading “UI Libraries Unveils Online Collection Highlighting Iowa Women”

UI Libraries Compiles Digital Campus Map Collection

The University of Iowa Libraries has compiled the Campus Maps Digital Collection, documenting nearly 150 years of UI campus building development. This digital collection, at http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/campusmaps, documents the growth of the UI, with 97 items dated from 1892 to 2004. The collection — drawn from University Archives — includes maps from course catalogs, a 1893Continue reading “UI Libraries Compiles Digital Campus Map Collection”

UI Libraries Presents African-American Student History Online

Adah Hyde Johnson (Class of 1912) described her graduation from The University of Iowa as “one of the great dreams” of her father, a successful businessman who had grown up under slavery. Helping to integrate Currier Hall in 1946 was the first step of Virginia Harper’s (Class of 1948) lifelong career as a civil rightsContinue reading “UI Libraries Presents African-American Student History Online”

Nancy Drew Author in the Iowa Digital Library

 Audio Slideshow: View a Quicktime movie narrated by Jen Wolfe, metadata librarian for Digital Library Services,  and showing items from the University of Iowa Libraries’ collection memorabilia from Mildred Wirt Benson, who penned many of the “Nancy Drew” mystery novels. Small movie (42MB): http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2007/june/images/ui-nancy-drew-collection-small.mov Large movie (97MB): http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2007/june/images/ui-nancy-drew-collection.mov  Since its debut in 1930, the NancyContinue reading “Nancy Drew Author in the Iowa Digital Library”

Iowa Women: From Homemakers to Activists (Event Rescheduled)

The University of Iowa Libraries is celebrating Women’s History Month by highlighting archival collections about rural women and civil rights activists from the Iowa Women’s Archives (IWA). A selection of digitized photographs, correspondence, audio recordings and other artifacts documenting the lives of Iowa women is currently featured on the University’s Iowa Digital Library . InContinue reading “Iowa Women: From Homemakers to Activists (Event Rescheduled)”